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Cardiff 1 Derby 0
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Reading 1 Derby 2
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Dare to dream...

Me is well blessed! I was going to have to watch on Sky, then my wife said she’d arranged a day out so I’d have to watch a re-run. But then I got some DCFC socks, a hand-painted BBG picture and tickets to the match, with chauffeur so I can have a few!
Indeed, ‘tis my birthday!!!

2021 hasn't been easy for a lot of people, even tougher for us Derby County fans that have had to endure and will continue to do so the sleepless nights with the unthinkable, the threat of our club facing possible liquidation. 
I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year, without you, this community would not be here, the community that has allowed fans from not just around the country, but the world to come together and help each other through these difficult times and I'm sure will continue to do so through next year and beyond.
For any players, management, staff, anyone connected to the club that may also be reading this, Happy New Year to you also, I can only speak for myself, but I'm sure many others will agree, you are all making us so proud to be a Ram, we cannot ask anymore from you.
Let's all go and smash 2022 ?
 

It's my birthday. I'm going. I'll still celebrate even if I get my prediction right!
Coventry 2 Derby 0

Bham 2 Derby 0

Bham 2 Derby 0

As mentioned on the Huddersfield thread I missed the game down to Our son being born. I’m glad to say he’s home well and healthy! This will be his first game he will be watching along a lifetime of fun and pain that is the normal of following Derby County. 
 
Also had my Father purchase a Derby County baby grow just before my Mrs tried to slip any Villa stuff on him (The same was applied with my other lad) ?
 
Ps thank you for all the messages and well wishes on here ???

I just want to apologise for the delay, my absence, my handling of the situation and try to explain what has happened.
The meeting on Wednesday was scheduled to end at 8.45pm, my last train home was 9.33pm, I slipped out just after 9pm as I didn’t have clothes, medication, toiletries with me as I wasn’t planning on staying overnight.
When the meeting had finished, an agreement was made where one statement would be written and signed off by all groups, this is the first time anything like this had been agreed, I was under the impression we would be allowed to report back as normal.
Being completely unaware of this, whilst waiting for my train I saw a conversation take place on my Twitter timeline discussing the meeting minutes, when would they be out.
I replied, that the meeting minutes were not taken and we would be sharing the information ourselves, which as I say I was under the impression would be allowed, why else attend? I thought I was being helpful.
Now I can see on reflection I was clearly naive in not appreciating the number of fans waiting online for what was said at the meeting, would see the tweet whilst was part of a conversation, which was also public and could be seen and shared by others. The tweet blew up online having been retweeted, I’m not exaggerating when I say maybe hundred or more replies, some abusive to the point where I had to turn notifications off as my phone was freezing with as I came back into an area with phone signal.
On the forum I did pre warn members not to expect anything Wednesday evening, the minutes can sometimes take a few days to a couple of weeks before being released. I was going with the intention of asking the club if the minutes could be released within 24 hours or that we could release the information immediately. Obviously once we was told the minutes would not be taken all that went out the window and believed we was free to report back immediately, and that was the plan.
Again, I was clearly naive to the fact fans on Twitter would not be aware of this, so when I wasn’t replying to all the tweets with thumbs up or down if it’s good news, or are we going to have a club next week the levels of abuse increased, despite my plea for being understanding I wasn’t in the position to do so.
With my write up, I had no intention of adding any personal opinion, it would be just what was said and allow you all to read and take it as you will.
As you will be well aware, all fans see things differently and I didn’t want to raise any expectations or disappoint fans, then receive more abuse as it wasn’t what they were expecting.
I put myself in this situation through naivety, but I don’t accept that the abuse was warranted at all, I have removed the twitter account from my devices and will no longer be active on that account, opting now for a private account as I have no interest in twitter fame.
I would seriously urge anyone that did send me abusive tweets to have a think how they talk to people online and their demands, if this is this what celebrities have to deal with on a daily basis, I’m glad I’m just a nobody!
Punjabi Rams, who I honestly can’t thank enough stepped in and put some tweets out from their account to give some information in my defence. You guys are awesome, didn’t need to do that but again, I honestly can’t thank you enough. Quick plug www.punjabirams.co.uk, @PunjabiRams on Twitter, go give them a follow if you are on there.
On the train home I started to do the write up on my notes app, realising I need to get this out asap, first thing to defuse the situation I felt I had created.
Thursday morning, as I was consulting my notes and finishing off the write up, there was a few things I wanted to fact check with the club were totally accurate, there has been times where things have been misheard in the past (Boycie ahem) and needed correcting, I didn’t want this to happen. We’re human, mistakes can happen, I believed I had time to ensure there were none.
I decided, and this was not requested by the club but to send my write up to them, asking if they could read it over and everything I had written was totally accurate, leaving ??? <—— fact checks where I was a little cautious over.
They agreed and I again naively yet again assumed that this would be back with me in a few hours……despite the previous night listening to just how busy they have been.
Now whilst I understand and totally agree that this meeting is important, the club staff are as I’m sure you can imagine really busy, now I need to really stress here that this is in no way the fault of the club, this is on me 100%.
No tweet, no forum post, none of this situation exists.
Meanwhile The Supporters Charter Group are scratching their heads as to why I’ve gone it alone, I can only apologise to them also, as I say I was under the impression that we would all be reporting back ourselves which I have explained privately with them.
A single statement isn’t something I would have been personally happy with but that is what was agreed in my absence.
I haven’t felt comfortable coming back on the forum if I'm honest, ignoring the fact I insinuated what was said at the meeting would be out Thursday on the forum, I feel like I have let you all down and for that I’m sorry.
Just to add, this apology wasn’t asked for, it's something I feel is owed to you all.
Should someone have gone that could have stayed all evening? Ideally yes, although Paul (Boycie) was unavailable to attend. Since the formation of 2017 it has only been either myself or Paul that has attended, I didn’t feel it would be right to send someone new which in hindsight was the correct call, they may have also not been able to attend until the end of what I’m led to believe turned out to be almost a 4 hour long meeting, putting themselves unwittingly into a similar situation I have.
I know you are all frustrated, the accusations of attention seeking, sitting on information, teasing, trying to get more views, followers etc. and even censorship on the forum are simply not true, they come from people that do not know me or how the forum is run at all, which is disappointing hearing it said by members that have been on the forum for a number of years now.
Finally, I do want to say thank you to those who have sent supportive texts, PM’s, DM’s, tweets you name it over the last few days, despite asking to be given time, it’s you who I put the hours in for, I will learn from this and work on handling things better in the future.
I would also like to thank the moderators who have been trying their best to keep on top of the situation, without them this forum would have crashed and burned over the last few days so please be respectful to them, even if at times you do not agree with decisions they have made. 
David
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

Tomorrow is day one of what is almost certainly going to be "An interesting season"!

I sincerely hope you are giving it the same excited attention as the rest of us Rams fans.

If the reasons for the delay in posting your report from the meeting is in any way stressing you out... walk away from it... NOW!
Forget your well meant intentions.  Forget any "promises" you may have made.  And most importantly, ignore any flak being thrown in your direction, whether that be full on abuse, or poorly delivered banter.
You are not representative of Derby County Football Club, hierarchy or boot room, and you should not be bearing any burdens relating to such.
You are just a bloke that runs an internet forum... for the benefit of others.  No better, no worse, and no more important than the countless factory floor workers, office workers, and street cleaners amongst us.
Crucially, you owe us nothing.  If anything, we owe you, for providing us with this excellent forum of yours... of ours... for which many on here are extremely grateful.
Do what is right for you.  No excuses.  No explanations.  No apologies.  Indeed, if it suits, then don't even make mention of it.  I repeat... you owe us nothing.
Get your arse back on here.  Concentrate on tomorrow's game.  Bring actual real live football back into your life, and sod all those that expect more from you.  Let your minions wield their banhammers if need be, to keep the great unwashed at bay.
This is your manor, and we are nothing more than your guests.  So head up, chest out, deep breath, and let's get this season started.
DO NOT MAKE YOURSELF ILL OVER WHAT HAS BEEN A POO FEW DAYS.
 
UTR  ?
 
 
 
*If the above is totally along the wrong lines, and your absence is in any way related to more personal family matters, then I can only offer my sincere best wishes to you and yours.  
 

Prediction League point scorers for league games, and occasional league tables will be posted in here ..

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I was born in Hull in 1970 and lived in Cottingham, just outside Hull and cried on my 13th birthday when the family moved to Aberdeen because of my dad's new job in 1983.
I was brought up watching Hull City at Boothferry Park and watching Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park. My dad still cheers on for the Tigers and the Robins and the rest of the family all have a soft spot for both teams. Watching Hull City as a very young boy actually prepared me for being a Derby County fan, because incredibly they were worse than us in the late 70's, and 80's etc when supporting Derby made us stronger for the current times.
I picked Derby County out of the paper with my eyes closed, when my older brother persuaded me not to support Liverpool who I'd just got into, I remember my Grandad Chick had given me a black and white photo of the Liverpool team, and I enjoyed watching them play, when I stayed up late on a Saturday night watching Match of The Day and awaiting my parents to come home from The National pub in Hull, usually with food from the Chinese Take Away for everyone's supper, so yeah I was encouraged by my big brother to avoid supporting the so called big teams being supported by others, at school at the time, mainly Man Utd, Liverpool and a lot of Leeds Utd, around Hull at the time, so around 1976, I blindfolded picked out Derby County, and I've followed probably more downs than ups ever since, unfortunately with the blind fold off!
My older brother is a Chelsea fan and my younger brother is a Wolves fan and we all love our football.
A few Aberdeenshire Rams, well mainly 1 in @2tupspost on here, I think @Ramadonna9 reads now and again, as does @Rampianand @campavanram and @Elgin_Ram is in the Clan, and @CWC1983probably remembers me from the Westhill Inn, when I grew up in Westhill, Abedeenshire. Their are Rams fans up here in Stonehaven, nearby in Montrose, in Fraserborogh, in Elgin etc and we have many others up here in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh etc.
I now stay out in Inverurie and I take my two boys to watch Derby County when I can, well the eldest one has been inside Pride Park, the youngest one only outside Pride Park, but both who at the moment have opted to support Liverpool, and the eldest went to Wembley with me to the Aston Villa game, well I still have plenty of time on my hands, hopefully, for my two boys to see sence!
I hate to read on here when Derby fans are falling out with one another and calling one another names, and I hate to read on here when Derby fans are calling their own players, managers, coaches, staff etc all sorts of names also. Get behind them, not against them.
Hope Not Hate.
D.C.F.C. Love, Life & Unity.
The Day I Die.......I'm still D.C.F.C......forever and beyond.
 
 

Thank you, kind sir. Still recovering from a brain haemorrhage and now turned 80 means long journeys to Derby by myself are now off the menu,though my son and my stepson insist they’ll get me to PP again. My partner had hoped that having my brains scrambled might have helped me forget about the Rams - but I pointed out that it actually helped!

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

I’m from London (the clues in the name) and was around 6 or 7 when I saw a team photo in a panini sticker album, liked the kit and decided they were the team for me. My mates all followed Spurs, Arsenal or West Ham and we were on the eve of relegation to the third division so I learnt at a young age to turn the other cheek.
My first game was against Newcastle at the Baseball Ground. Newcastle boasted Beardsley, Waddle and a young Paul Gascoigne. We were 2-0 down and battled back to eventually win with an Archie Gemmill penalty. It was the most thrilling experience of my young life. 
That same season I was a mascot and had my picture taken with Steve Cherry. I was misquoted in Rams magazine as saying “I think he’s good no matter what anyone says” (!) and they printed that I was from Watford, where I coincidentally now live. 
And who should I run out on the pitch with that day? He was at the tender age of 37 and in a thick Scottish brogue ordered me to “get a move on!” none other than one Archibald Gemmill. Happy memories!
 
 

Born in Ilford, east London/Essex, moved to Waterlooville (Portsmouth) at 2 years old, then to Luton when I was 6.
I was 8, 1976, when I chose Derby as my team, everyone else were Arsenal,Leeds,Liverpool, Man Utd. Probably helped that my school was called Ramridge, that must have swung it for me I think. I remember the FA Cup semi in 1976.
Moved to Bursledon (Southampton) in 1977 and then to Middleton on Sea (Bognor Regis) in 1985, a week before my 18th.
Then to Goring by Sea (Worthing) in 1990 where i got married, had kids etc.
Lived there til I got made redundant, lost my mum to kidney cancer and got the same cancer myself all within 18 months.
At this point, kids had finished Uni and no longer at home so we decided to move while we could.
So, at the grand old age of 51, we moved to Mickleover because the wife felt good about it when we drove round all the Derby suburbs. She'd also surprised me by enjoying the football at PP the few times we'd been able to make the trip up so we go together now which is awesome.
Special thanks to those great people on this forum for helpful advice on everything around that, particularly Boycie for the plasterer and the kitchen ?

Only one of these were ever produced for the 83/84 FA cup tie with Plymouth for Steve Cherry, he was remembered more for the howler in the game instead of this magnificent beast of a shirt !